Bangus Longganisa

INTRODUCTION
Milkfish, also called bandeng, or bangos, (Chanos chanos), silvery marine food fish that is the
only living member of the family Chanidae (order Gonorhynchiformes). Fossils of this family date from as
far back as the Cretaceous Period (145.5 million to 65.5 million years ago). The milkfish is often collected
when young and raised for food in brackish or freshwater tropical ponds. It is a toothless herbivore 1 to
1.5 m (3 to 5 feet) or more in length with a deeply forked tail. It is found throughout warmer regions of
the Pacific and Indian oceans and can withstand very shallow, warm (88 °F [31 °C]) lagoon water. From
March to May, it lays up to several million eggs in shallow, brackish water.
https://www.britannica.com/animal/milkfish
Milkfish farming in Indonesia, Taiwan Province of China and the Philippines started about 4-6
centuries ago. Culture methods in a variety of enclosures are constantly being improved upon. Since the
1970s, large investments have been made in the Philippines (as well as in Taiwan Province of China,
Indonesia and Hawaii) in terms of infrastructure, research, credit and training in support to the milkfish
industry. For example, the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) Aquaculture
Department (AQD) was established in Iloilo, Philippines in 1973 with a special remit to find solutions for
milkfish aquaculture problems. Government agencies and fisheries institutions were also involved in a
national effort to intensify milkfish farming from the mid 1970s until now. In this work, research and
development on farming systems, breeding and fry production technologies was carried out. There was
no attempt at genetic improvement but fry translocation and trade occurred between Indonesia, Taiwan
Province of China and the Philippines and geographic variations and heterogeneity were documented.
More recently, unconfirmed reports indicate that milkfish are now being cultured to fingerling or juvenile
size in the South Pacific Islands and in Singapore as tuna bait.
Milkfish farming was previously a traditional industry, with little emphasis on producing sexually
mature, reproductively active fish in captivity. The traditional milkfish industry depended totally on an
annual restocking of farm ponds with fingerlings reared from wild-caught fry. As a result, the industry
suffered from regional, seasonal and annual variations in fry availability. These variations are generally
unpredictable, and may be quite large over short periods of time.
Thus, the central problem faced by the international milkfish industry was to find a way to
produce a reliable, adequate, high quality supply of milkfish fry that was not subject to large
unpredictable variations in time and space. During the past decade, much progress has been made,
particularly in regard to milkfish propagation and the mass production of fry by private hatcheries,
research institutions and government agencies. Instead of relying on wild-caught fry, milkfish farms in
the Philippines, Taiwan Province of China and Indonesia now obtain the majority of their fry from
hatcheries, mainly due to the significant shortage of wild-caught fry.
https://www.fao.org/fishery/docs/DOCUMENT/aquaculture/CulturedSpecies/file/en/en_milkfish.htm?
fbclid=IwAR1FPpncTDj3tBK6ctwmPYjkAItOPtlP07S_U9vZpkzWK34iiL4OrnZdVeI
Bangus is the national fish of Philippines, called milkfish in English. It is an adaptable, tough, and
sturdy fish that can survive in confined spaces, so it is regularly bred on fish farms, which is the reason
why it is widely available all over the Philippines.
https://www.tasteatlas.com/bangus?fbclid=IwAR23nelYqQlZ1IfzxMAAPoMHcRwA4HX8vQSZS-
csYcxgetd2agyzl_t3B5I#:~:text=Bangus%20is%20the%20national%20fish,available%20all%20over%20the
%20Philippines
In the Philippines, bangus can be raised anywhere. However, the top bangus producing provinces
are Bulacan, Pangasinan, Capiz, Iloilo, and Negros Occidental. The most recent report released by the
Bureau of Agricultural Statistics (BAS) show that the combined production of these five provinces alone
accounts for more than 50 percent of the country’s total production.
People say, the tastiest bangus can be found in Dagupan, a city located along the Lingayen Gulf in the
north central coastline of Pangasinan province. These feed backs from people are not rumors because it
is a proven fact! Bangus that are from Dagupan particularly from Bonuan is the best one out there. Some
towns in the province also produce milkfish, but the ones from Dagupan remain unrivaled. So if you've
bought a milkfish coming from Dagupan, you are sure of taste and quality.
The bangus industry continues to move forward throughout the years that it had eventually helped
Dagupan City swim up towards a good economic growth. The city government worked hard on
developing this industry and slowly bangus from Dagupan was recognized outside the province, into the
entire Philippines, and even across the globe. Today, Philippines is one of the major exporters of milkfish
and Dagupan City had also made sure they export their fishes at their utmost quality. They built two
bangus processing plants in the province a few years ago, one in Dagupan City and the other on its
nearby town, San Fabian.
https://steemit.com/steemitfamilyph/@zerwel1989/bangus-dagupan-and-the-fiesteval-of-the-north-
pangasinan?fbclid=IwAR1v97JB6AvjyLYf6nL__JqNxrd514iFzHRgPKtLYPBcZaw5hgSzHYBxmn8
PURPOSE OF THE STUDY
The purpose of this study is to provide new taste and flavors of longganisa made out of bangus at
cheaper price.

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